If you're on a committee already and are happy where you are, please still fill out this survey. If you're new, that's great too.

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We have simplified the committee structure. There are now only THREE topical committees, plus an Outreach Committee of people willing to work on communications tasks. Once we know who will be on each, the committees can form/re-form sub-committees as you see fit.

Please read over the committee descriptions below, and indicate which committee/s you'd like to be part of. Please only tick commitees and tasks that you'd really want to work on; if you think it's important but don't think you'd be good at the task or want to dedicate time to it, no need to tick the box; you can skip any questions about committees you're not interested in serving on.

Advancing Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Scholarship

This committee works to support and share scholarship in trans, non-binary, and intersex studies.

This is the committee I most want to serve on

I would be happy to be on this committee if the one I'm most interested in is full

Would you be interested in taking on (or continuing) leadership responsibilities for the committee on Advancing Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Scholarship?

Yes

No

Other:

Which of these tasks of the Advancing Trans, Non-Binary & Intersex Scholarship are you most interested in?

Syllabus and other teaching tools (any)

#TransJusticeSyllabus – update it as needed; publicize to sociologists, trans studies scholars, and the public.

Produce additional materials that will encourage people to teach trans, non-binary, and intersex studies scholarship across the discipline. One specific suggestion was sample syllabi sections for different courses (i.e. a section someone could add to intro, social problems, etc., but also any and all other courses taught in sociology…perhaps start with courses based on section names?)

Teaching workshop: Orgainize conference workshops on teaching trans, non-binary, and intersex studies (this can be panel presentations or “lab” style where folks give each other feedback).

Address sociological research that advances work that is hostile toward or exclusive of trans, non-binary, and/or intersex individuals

Develop new opportunities to present research in trans and intersex studies at ASA and other sociology conferences. For example, propose ASA sessions on the topic.

Work with other subfields in sociology (e.g., ASA sections) to better include trans, non-binary, and intersex studies across the discipline (e.g., ASA sessions, including joint sessions with S4TJ).

Expand the membership and the mission of S4TJ to include other national sociology organizations, including: Association of Black Sociologists, Sociologists for Women in Society, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Association for the Sociology of Religion, Humanist Sociology, ASA section pre-conferences and international sociological organizations. Also all of the regional conferences and of the ASA sections.

Writing workshop: Put together opportunities for scholars in trans, non-binary, and intersex studies to share writing (including articles, chapters, and grant proposals) and get feedback. This could occur at all relevant conferences as well as virtually.

Grants coordinators: Add to the list of grants for trans, non-binary, and intersex studies scholars and trans and intersex scholars; when needed, apply for grants to fund S4TJ projects.

Other:

Supporting Trans, Non-Binary and Intersex Scholars

The goal of this committee is to support to trans, non-binary, and intersex people in classrooms, in graduate school, on the job market, as faculty, if employed outside of academia, at conferences, in sections, etc.

This is the committee I most want to serve on

I would be happy to be on this committee if the one I'm most interested in is full

Would you be interested in taking on (or continuing) leadership responsibilities for the committee on Supporting Trans, Non-Binary and Intersex Scholars?

Yes

No

Other:

Which of these tasks of the Supporting Trans, Non-Binary & Intersex Scholars Committee are you most interested in?

Mentoring program – run program; provide mentors with best practices for supporting trans, non-binary, and intersex graduate students and junior faculty. Work with other sociology mentoring programs to better include and support trans, non-binary, and intersex scholars.

Put together a best practices guide for supporting trans, non-binary, and intersex students (both undergraduate and graduate level).

Survey on trans, non-binary, and intersex graduate students in sociology: continue to administer, then analyze results, share with the discipline, make recommendations for changes.

Trans- and intersex-inclusive demographics: push ASA and other sociology organizations to collect information on members’ sex, gender identity, and gender expression; ensure that demographic questions cover full gender diversity among ASA members; encourage members to provide this information.

Make sociology conferences safe and empowering for trans, non-binary, and intersex people. This includes pushing sociology organizations to list gender pronouns on conference badges, ensuring that gender-inclusive, accessible restrooms are available at conferences, creating safe spaces for trans, non-binary, and intersex people, and organizing social gatherings for trans, non-binary, and intersex scholars at sociology conferences.

Other:

Advancing Public Understanding of Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Issues

This committee works to share sociological insights on trans, non-binary, and intersex topics with the general public, the mainstream media, and local, state, and federal governments.

This is the committee I most want to serve on

I would be happy to be on this committee if the one I'm most interested in is full

Would you be interested in taking on (or continuing) leadership responsibilities for the Advancing Public Understanding of Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Issues Committee?

Yes

No

Other:

Which of these tasks of the Advancing Public Understanding of Trans, Non-Binary and Intersex Issues committee are you most interested in working on?

List of trans, non-binary, and intersex studies experts – continue to recruit experts to be listed; advertise the list to the media; connect experts with the media, particularly on trans- and intersex-related current events. Share this list with ASA and other sociology organizations, and encourage listed experts to add their names to these organizations’ databases of experts.

Launch a S4TJ blog for trans, non-binary, and intersex studies experts to weigh in on current events that affect the trans, non-binary, and intersex communities.

Work with ASA and other sociology organizations to provide expertise on trans, non-binary, and intersex-related current events, court cases (e.g., amicus briefs), and proposed legislation.

Advertise the template email for trans, non-binary, and intersex studies scholars to send to their media/public relations offices to note that they are an expert whom the media can contact on issues related to trans, non-binary, and/or intersex communities.

Other:

Sociologists for Trans Justice Outreach Committee

This committee does outreach on behalf of Sociologists for Trans Justice

This is the committee I most want to serve on

I would be happy to be on this committee if the one I'm most interested in is full

Which of the following tasks of the Outreach Committee are you most interested in?

Liaisons to ASA Committee on the Status of LGBTQ People in the Discipline

Other:

If you want to take on web editing or social media managing, what experience do you have with that kind of work?

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Please tell us more about you

What is your current career stage

Early grad school

Advanced grad school/ABD

Adjunct/Post-Doc/Visiting Assistant Professor/non-TT job

Tenure Track job, not tenured

Tenured

Outside Academia

Other:

What is your gender identity?

(Use whatever terms work for you; we just want to make sure that there are some trans, non-binary and/or intersex identified people on each committee if possible, and otherwise ensure as much gender diversity as we can.)

Your answer

In addition to fighting for social justice for transgender, non-binary, and intersex people, we are committed to empowering and elevating the voices of those from historically marginalized groups including, but not limited to, people of color, people with disabilities, first generation academics, and scholars at non-R1 institutions. Please share ways you would contribute to these goals.